BlenderKit: hide extra objects when appending collection

All extra objects that are appended thanks to their link through geometry nodes, bone shapes and others are now hidden to a new subcollection.

blenderkit/append_link.py

@@ -302,17 +302,26 @@ def append_objects(file_name, obnames=[], location=(0, 0, 0), link=False, **kwar
         bpy.ops.object.select_all(action='DESELECT')
 
         path = file_name + "\\Collection\\"
-        object_name = kwargs.get('name')
+        collection_name = kwargs.get('name')
         fc = utils.get_fake_context(bpy.context, area_type='VIEW_3D')
-        bpy.ops.wm.append(fc, filename=object_name, directory=path)
+        bpy.ops.wm.append(fc, filename=collection_name, directory=path)
 
         return_obs = []
+        to_hidden_collection = []
+        collection = None
         for ob in bpy.context.scene.objects:
             if ob.select_get():
                 return_obs.append(ob)
                 if not ob.parent:
                     main_object = ob
                     ob.location = location
+                # check for object that should be hidden
+                if ob.users_collection[0].name == collection_name:
+                    collection = ob.users_collection[0]
+                else:
+                    to_hidden_collection.append(ob)
+
+
 
         if kwargs.get('rotation'):
             main_object.rotation_euler = kwargs['rotation']
@@ -321,6 +330,16 @@ def append_objects(file_name, obnames=[], location=(0, 0, 0), link=False, **kwar
             main_object.parent = bpy.data.objects[kwargs['parent']]
             main_object.matrix_world.translation = location
 
+        #move objects that should be hidden to a sub collection
+        if len(to_hidden_collection)>0 and collection is not None:
+            hidden_collection_name = collection_name+'_hidden'
+            h_col = bpy.data.collections.new(name = hidden_collection_name)
+            collection.children.link(h_col)
+            for ob in to_hidden_collection:
+                ob.users_collection[0].objects.unlink(ob)
+                h_col.objects.link(ob)
+            utils.exclude_collection(hidden_collection_name)
+
         bpy.ops.object.select_all(action='DESELECT')
         utils.selection_set(sel)
 

blenderkit/utils.py

@@ -152,6 +152,28 @@ def get_selected_replace_adepts():
     return parents
 
 
+def exclude_collection(name, state=True):
+    '''
+    Set the exclude state of collection
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    name - name of collection
+    state - default True.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    None
+    '''
+    vl = bpy.context.view_layer.layer_collection
+    cc = [vl]
+    found = False
+    while len(cc) > 0 and not found:
+        c = cc.pop()
+        if c.name == name:
+            c.exclude = state
+            found = True
+        cc.extend(c.children)
+
 def get_search_props():
     scene = bpy.context.scene
     wm = bpy.context.window_manager